Skip to Content

English Club : Learn English : Vocabulary
Vocabulary : Phrasal Verbs : R : rope in

rope in Informal

Meaning: If somebody ropes you in, they persuade you to do something you don't really want to do.

For example:

  • rope in sb We're having a charity fun run, so I'm trying to rope in as many of my friends as I can.

  • rope sb in Our manager got nearly everybody to say they'd perform in the Christmas talent show. I can't believe he roped so many of us in.

Quick Quiz:

A few of the newer teachers have been roped into taking
  1. extra classes
  2. extra holidays
  3. extra pay

Grammar explanation: separable and non-separable phrasal verbs

Get the ebook:
1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context

Discuss: rope in

Phrasal Verb of the Day

This entry is in the following categories: